- Easy-to-use, updated resource with brief synopses for everyday clinical reference
- Includes self-testing clinicopathologic exercises to help readers further their skills and gain confidence in their knowledge
- Focuses on decision making, from communicating diagnoses to developing and discussing treatment plans
- Presents clinically oriented information on the most important aspects of common oral and maxillofacial diseases
- Features detailed color illustrations, treatment algorithms, differential diagnosis, and case examples with discussion
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments vii
Section I Detection and Documentation 1
1. The Extraoral and Intraoral Soft Tissue Head and Neck Screening Examination 3
2. Soft Tissue Head and Neck Pathology Description and Documentation 23
Section II Diagnosis and Management 35
3. Common Oral Soft Tissue Lesions 37
4. Differential Diagnosis of Common Oral Soft Tissue Lesions 115
5. Guidelines for Observation and/or Referral of Patients’ Lesions 129
6. The Art and Science of Biopsy and Cytology 137
Section III Clinicopathologic Exercises 147
7. Sample Patient Histories and Discussion 149
Appendix A: Glossary of Descriptive Terminology
Appendix B: Formulary of OverÂ]theÂ]Counter and Prescription 221
Medications Based on Disease Classification: Common Errors of Prescription Writing 225
Answers to EndÂ]ofÂ]Chapter Questions 245
Index 259
